Bolen Report: What Did President Reagan Think About "Vaccine Court.

by Kent Heckenlively JD

It�s always been a mystery to me how President Reagan, generally known for
his suspicion of unchecked governmental power, could have signed the
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which established the
so-called �Vaccine Court.� To the parents of many children with autism,
this legislation is the direct cause of the autism epidemic.

While researching my new book, INOCULATED: How Science Lost Its Soul in
Autism, I came across the answer in the pages of the New York Times. (Full
disclosure � In my younger days I was a �Youth Delegate for Reagan� to the
1984 Republican Convention in Dallas. Forgive me. I was young and
foolish.) In an article by Robert Pear, which was published on November
15, 1986, in the New York Times entitled, �Reagan Signs Bill on Drug
Exports and Payment for Vaccine Injuries,� (and easily accessible through a
simple Google search), Reagan laid out his thoughts.

To read the entire article, click on:

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